A meditation on the language in the Lumon-esque new website the San Francisco Symphony management has made, what it might mean to actually listen to patrons' voices during a time of crisis, and a cameo from Seth Milchick 🙏
https://songofthelarkblog.com/2025/04/29/centering-patrons-at-the-san-francisco-symphony/
https://songofthelarkblog.com/2025/04/29/centering-patrons-at-the-san-francisco-symphony/
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seriously though lol, thank you
Fwiw I did include it in a bingo board I made in March 2024 the day Salonen announced his departure 😭
Honestly there's enough material to make a timeless orchestral labor dispute terminology translation booklet
I know it can mean nothing but just -- my heart goes out to you and everyone affected. In an ideal world the arts are where we go to process the world around us, not a place to see its worst tendencies magnified
honor our legacy of excellence and creativity
honor excellence and creativity
honor excellence and creativity
pay the f***ing musicians
pay the musicians
pay
pay
pay
Holy fuck lol
(I know these aren't foolproof sites by any means, and to be fair, have checked a couple others, and those others are telling me it's 100% human, but also now that you've pointed it out... Press F to doubt)